USDAA News Nip Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Cynosport World Games, USDAAs annual national and international event. Full results are available at http://usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=1919, but here are the first place winners and some other honorees: Performance Grand Prix 8″ Shelley Permann and Letti (Cardigan Welsh Corgi) 12″ Laura Dolan and Race (Shetland Sheepdog) 16″ Denise Thomas and Cressa (Border Collie) 22″ Marie McLinn and Tilt...

USDAA News Nips — The 2011 Cynosport World Games By Brenna Fender The fall issue of USDAA’s newsletter, the OverviewTM, may be our best issue ever! It’s longer than usual and filled with abridged versions of some of our best subscriber news articles. There’s also new content including a letter from USDAA president Kenneth Tatsch, some interesting stats about the 2011 Cynosport World Games (USDAA’s annual national and international competition),...

USDAA News Nip The 2012 IFCS World Agility Championships will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, May 11-13, 2012, at the Watt Arena at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural District. The facility has played host to USDAA’s South Central Regional Championships for the past few years. See web link: http://www.fortworthgov.org/publicevents/wrmc/ USDAA, IFCS representative in the United States, will serve as host for the event. Greg Fontaine...

By Brenna Fender The USDAA office has been very busy in 2011 so far! Weâ€™ve published a new rule rulebook, coordinated a list of all Lifetime Achievement Award winners to date, renamed the Performance titles, debuted a new Intro program that will help novices get started in USDAA while providing awesome opportunities for experienced competitors as well, and more. Weâ€™ve also live streamed the first 4-Star event of the year (part of the qualification process for the 2012...

2010 Dog Writers Association of America Awards HOT OFF THE PRESS: If you couldn’t make it to Manhattan this weekend to attend the annual Dog Writers Association of America awards banquet, you can visit their website for a list of winners and nominees http://dwaa.org/writing-category-winners-regular-2010.php Congratulations to one and all for a fine body of work that reflects DWAA’s mission to encourage quality writing about dogs as athletes, competitors and,...

2010 Cynosport World Games: Performance Grand Prix Championship Finals By Brenna Fender Performance Grand Prix competitors were the first to complete their Finals round at the 2010 Cynosport World Games, the annual agility championships hosted by the United States Agility Association. There was certainly a buzz of excitement in the air as the evening event began on Friday, October 15. Excited spectators watched the main ring from the stands in Broadbent Arena at the...